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Using hardware accelerated 3D renderer on Linux
This How-to applies to:
Any version.
This How-to is intended for:
Any audience.
To make sure that your graphics card is working at full speed, you need to install hardware accelerated OpenGL
drivers. This is not an issue with Windows and Mac OS X, since
they come with these drivers installed. However, most Linux systems
come with
Mesa drivers instead, which is a software (indirect) implementation of the OpenGL.
To find which renderer you are using run:
glxinfo | grep renderer
If you are getting "Mesa GLX Indirect", you'll need to install
hardware accelerated driver from your graphics card manufacturer.
To find out your Video Card manufacturer and model number, click Main Menu → System Settings → Display or run:
/sbin/lspci | grep VGAlspci should return something like:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV45GL [Quadro FX 3400/4400] (rev a2)
The following are links to driver downloads from major graphics card manufacturers:
see also:
-
OpenGL misconfiguration detected on Linux.
- Why I'm getting this message and how to fix it?